Posted on Feb 4, 2022
On the ground with paratroopers deploying to back NATO amid Ukraine crisis
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The troops are going in support of NATO allies and partners in “deterring Russian aggression,” said Capt. Matthew Visser, a spokesman for the XVIII Airborne Corps.
“The soldiers of XVIII Airborne Corps and the 82nd Airborne Division are always ready as America’s contingency corps (and) have the responsibility to mobilize on a moment’s notice to deploy supporting whatever operation it is,” Visser said.
About 1,700 paratroopers who are part of an infantry brigade combat team will go to Poland, as the XVIII Airborne Corps moves a joint task force headquarters to Germany.
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Not sure what this is supposed to do in terms of our response to Putin
“The soldiers of XVIII Airborne Corps and the 82nd Airborne Division are always ready as America’s contingency corps (and) have the responsibility to mobilize on a moment’s notice to deploy supporting whatever operation it is,” Visser said.
About 1,700 paratroopers who are part of an infantry brigade combat team will go to Poland, as the XVIII Airborne Corps moves a joint task force headquarters to Germany.
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Not sure what this is supposed to do in terms of our response to Putin
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
Good question. Seventeen hundred vs. 120,000-plus doesn't seem like a credible deterrent to me. . . .
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